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Former local pastor repairs. restores cemetery in Niles

Reverend Christian Johnston, former pastor at St. Therese Parish in Wayland and SS. Cyril & Methodius Parish at Gun Lake, was featured in a recent story broadcast by WNDU-TV, South…
Posted by Editor August 25, 2020
Posted inArticles

Hopkins Plan Commission OKs farm land special use

The Hopkins Township Planning Commission Tuesday evening approved a special use permit request from Kevin VanderPloeg to expand his homestead property at 2684 12th Street. VanderPloeg was asking for the…
Posted by Editor August 25, 2020
Posted inColumns

Ranger Rick: Teachers should just get back to work

Throughout the "pandemic" of Communist Chinese Coronavirus (CCC), there were many who kept working through it all. Truck drivers were hardest hit, as they kept working but had no place…
Posted by Editor August 25, 2020
Posted inObituaries

Memorial service in Dorr Wednesday for Dearl Lance

Dearl Lance, age 81, of Dorr, died Saturday, Aug. 22. After a long and successful career at GM, Dearl taught computer aided design at Western University until beginning a second…
Posted by Editor August 25, 2020
Posted inSports

Wildcats come close, but lose 5-3 to Otsego netters

It was close, but no cigar for the Wayland boys' varsity tennis team Monday afternoon in 90-degree heat with a 5-3 dual meet loss to Otsego. At No. 1 singles,…
Posted by Editor August 24, 2020
Posted inSports

Lady Wildcat harriers open season with pair of wins

Covid or no Covid, the Wayland and Hopkins boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams opened the season Monday afternoon with a tri-meet that included Kelloggsville. The Wildcat girls defeated the guest…
Posted by Editor August 24, 2020
Posted inColumns

Try an old-time favorite, ice cream with peach cobbler

by Kathy Hamman Miller I used my Grandmother’s cobbler topping recipe to this old-time favorite. You’ll need to make the cobbler bits in advance so it has enough time to…
Posted by Editor August 24, 2020
Posted inCommunity Notices

Visitation, funeral slated for motorcycle crash victim

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Kubiak-Cook Funeral Home in Wayland for Bucky Green, 44, who was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday in Kent County..…
Posted by Editor August 22, 2020
Posted inColumns

Yes It’s True: Lottery better than voting student council

“Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” — Winston Churchill I don’t…
Posted by Editor August 22, 2020
Posted inEditorial

Allegan Co. needs a truly radical drain commissioner

by Mark Ludwig, candidate Allegan County Drain Commissioner America had a derecho on Aug. 10.   While Allegan County caught some windy rain storms from the fringes, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center…
Posted by Editor August 21, 2020

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